The third meeting of the University Assessment
Panel (UAP) was held on Friday, 6 November 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in Altgeld 203.

Announcements

As a follow-up to a
discussion at the last meeting regarding requirements for direct and indirect
assessment methods, pages III-8 and III-16 from the UAP notebook were
distributed. The current requirement for learning outcomes as stated in the guidelines
and on the formal checklist for academic units is for at least one direct and
one indirect method. A motion was made and carried to change the requirement to
multiple measures, including at least one direct measure. It was similarly
decided to use that verbiage for student support units, while recognizing that
the requirement of a direct measure may be more difficult for those units to
implement.

Capstone Course Report
from School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders

The Capstone report
submitted by Deborah Gough for course AHRC 694, Internship in Rehabilitation
Counseling, was commended for its thoroughness and for its effective tables
showing abilities as judged by supervisors and by interns. A suggestion was
made to weave national standards in with the local standards to create an even
more comprehensive and dramatic assessment process. The practice of having
goals defined for interns at the start of the process was thought to be a great
educational tool, and a suggestion was made to produce a Toolkit article on this practice. The second half of the stipend
for this course was approved.

Status Reports from School of Family, Consumer, and Nutrition Sciences

The panel reviewed status
reports for the following programs: M.S. in Applied Family and Child Studies;
B.S. in Family and Child Studies; M.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences; B.S. in
Nutrition, Dietetics, and Hospitality Administration; M.S. in Nutrition and
Dietetics; and B.S. in Textiles, Apparel, and Merchandising. Funding requests
were made from the department in conjunction with all but one of the reports
(M.S. in Family and Consumer Sciences). The panel asked for additional
information regarding the funding requests.

Further discussion of UAP
funding, in general, followed, with reminders that funding is granted to
address specific gaps in an assessment program and that there should be a
timeline for the funded tasks, with a clear delineation of what items require
faculty and what work can be done by graduate assistants. UAP does not fund
ongoing processes. For next year, it was suggested that lists of examples of
fundable activities, as well as samples, be provided in the guidelines.

Proposals for Expo
2010

Nine programs have been
nominated for participation in Expo 2010, and there was a call for additional
ideas, particularly in the area of creativity. A program in English was
suggested, and it appeared promising. Other suggestions included projects in the
College of Visual and Performing Arts and the College of Engineering and
Engineering Technology. Both the College
of Business and the UniversityWritingCenter are developing
practices that can be considered for the Expo in 2011.

The meeting was adjourned
at 12:00 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled for 20 November 2009 from 10:00–12:00
in Altgeld 203.